Tax Legislation

(January 2, 2013) Following Congressional passage on January 1, 2013, the President signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8 ) on January…

(January 1, 2013) Following Senate passage the previous night, the House on January 1, 2013, passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (H.R. 8)  by…

(December 20, 2012) The House was poised to take up a two-part process to avert the fiscal cliff by holding separate votes on spending cuts…

On August 1, the House passed the Job Protection and Recession Prevention bill (H.R. 8), extending the current tax rates for one year for all taxpayers, by a vote of 256 to 171.

(August 2, 2012) Following House passage on August 1st of the Job Protection and Recession Prevention bill (H.R. 8), extending the current tax rates for…

On June 29, 2012, Congress passed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) by a vote of 373 to 52 in the House and 74 to 19 in the Senate. The legislation extends excise taxes funding the federal Highway Trust Fund through September, 2014, in the case of the motor fuel taxes and through September, 2016, in the case of the heavy vehicle use taxes.